The Cafe Brazil Band will perform a concert of Brazilian jazz at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 1, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 60 Eustis Parkway in Waterville. The band features Steven Silverstein, clarinet and alto saxophone, and Peter Griggs, guitar and vocals, performing bossa nova and choro music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa, […]
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Mid-Maine Chamber holds golf classic, names prize winners
WATERVILLE — The Mid-Maine Chamber Golf Classic, was held under clear skies on Monday, June 6, at Waterville Country Club. Thirty-six teams took part in the shotgun start scramble. Nearly 50 businesses provided sponsorships or in-kind donations for the tournament. “We were thrilled with the participation in this year’s event once again — and had […]
Hilary Swank hits the small screen in ‘Alaska Daily’
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is back, on a much smaller screen, but we have missed her and we’ll take her, no matter the size on the tube. Here is our Hilary in Tom McCarthy’s (“The Station Agent,” “Spotlight”) as Eileen Fitzgerald, an Irish-American newspaper reporter. Irish she is, with a sheet-metal attitude, a dockworker’s mouth, […]
‘The Crown’ makes disappointing casting changes in Season 5
It’s back, and we’re happy to seek out those calmer seas, gorgeous settings and new handsome royals from the past. Well, it’s back, but the wrinkles and sags are showing. It happens to the best of us. “The Crown,” with its four seasons of civility, gorgeous cinematography, splendid words and fussy decor are there, but […]
Heather Pierson talks about her love for ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
As this, the most wonderful time of the year, rolls around once more I find myself gravitating to one of my favorite genres: Christmas music … and one of the most heartwarming pieces of seasonal bliss for me is “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I vividly remember sitting in the living room with my parents and […]
Tom Petty tribute band to perform at the Franco Center Nov. 19
LEWISTON – The Franco Center plans to host Runnin’ Down a Dream: The Tom Petty Tribute Band at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at 46 Cedar St. This Maine-based band includes members Mike Boucher on lead vocals and guitar; Harry Coddington on lead guitar; Roger Howard on drums; Marty Mclellan on guitar and vocals; and […]
Yellow Brick Road musician talks about return to Somerset Abbey
There are some acts that I just can’t chat with enough, such is the case with Yellow Brick Road … a Tribute to Elton John, so when I found that that band was heading back to the Somerset Abbey in Madison for a show on Saturday the 19th of this month I gave Mr. Gerald […]
Ukulele Russ talks about returning to Maine for Gardiner concert
On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., as part of Johnson Hall’s On the Road Series — there will be a concert at the Life Community Church at 46 Church St. in Gardiner that welcomes home Russell Copelin and his unconventional band. You see, this Mainer has created a persona (Ukulele Russ) that defies classification […]
Comedian Paul Reiser plans Waterville show
Paul Reiser is coming to the Waterville Opera House on Friday, Oct. 21. The show will begin at 8 p.m. at the 1 Common St. concert hall in Waterville. Comedian, actor, television writer and author is one of Hollywood’s most prolific creatives — and he shows no signs of slowing down. Reiser is starring in […]
‘Harvest & Rust’ to make first trip to Maine
Tribute bands are very popular nowadays and, to be honest, are a lot of fun to cover. Such is the case with Harvest & Rust, a five-piece group made up of John Kiernan, Jim Reynolds, Andy Gordon, Matt Cahil and founder/frontman Garrett Lechowski from Western Massachusetts that specialize in the music created by Neil Young. […]